The Hill

Obama-era consumer protections could be overruled by SCOTUS. Here’s what’s at stake.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Obama-era consumer watchdog formed in response to the 2008 financial crisis, finds itself facing another existential threat. The Supreme Court recently ...

Scientists and Policy Experts to Brief Congress on FDA’s 7-OH Action, Kratom, and Consumer Protection Legislation

A year after the FDA distinguished synthetic 7-OH from the natural kratom plant, no federal framework has followed — and ...

Consumer Protection

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Medicare’s ‘Birthday Rule’: Consumer Protection That May Backfire

Roughly 1 in 4 carriers exited the Idaho market, reducing consumer choice and competition. This combination of higher prices ...
AOL

Two big consumer protection rules just got scrapped under the Trump administration

The Trump administration is rolling back two major Biden-era consumer protection efforts: one affecting air travel and the other impacting millions of American workers. Labor Economist Aaron Sojourner ...
Los Angeles Times

Consumer Protection Litigation Trends Revealed in New Report

While consumer protection cases have been on an overall decline over most of the past decade, there was an increase in general consumer protection cases, class action cases, TCPA cases and data breach ...
Marketplace

The Trump administration has ordered the CFPB to stop its work. What does the agency do?

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered its employees on Monday to stay out of the office and stop all work. Meanwhile, a union representing federal employees filed two ...

F-Secure Trust set to Redefine Consumer Protection in the Agentic AI Era

Today, digital security leader F-Secure set out its vision for trust as the defining commercial opportunity of the agentic AI era, announcing F-Secure Trust alongside its strategic alliance with ...
Los Angeles Times

What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom taps ex-CFPB head for new consumer protection agency

Rohit Chopra is a former protege of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a McKinsey alum and current Harvard Kennedy fellow.

Stop Killing Games consumer protection bill passes floor vote in California

The California State Assembly has passed the Protect Our Games Act, a bill centred on protecting consumer rights as detailed by the Stop Killing Games movement.
Forbes

The CFPB Was A Mistake—Even Before It Abused Its Power

Last week I participated in the radio show On Point to discuss the legacy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It turned out to be something a debate with Richard Cordray, the first director ...